When attacking, check the situation and observe carefully; rush through the middle opening whenever weak, and step around when encountering a strong front.
According to Wu Bing and Liu Xiangyun, the Tàizǔ boxing method is the quintessential Shaolin (少 林 寺; Young Forest Temple) martial art (武 艺 ; Wǔyì) of the northern school, and is also called Taiziquan (太 子 拳).
[1] Tàizǔquán has been associated with Zhǎngquán since the time of the Ming Dynasty because Ming general Qī Jìguāng (戚 繼 光) wrote "of the ancient and current families of boxing, the peaceful Taizu had thirty-six figures of Long Boxing".
[citation needed] This style of Zhǎngquán has the famous Sānshí'èr shì (三 十 二 势 ; 32 Techniques) mentioned in General Qī Jìguāng's Jìxiào xīnshū (紀 效 新 書; Eng.
Tàizǔ Zhǎngquán has 4 routines: During the reign of the Kāngxī Emperor (1654-1722), Tàizǔquán was spread in the Cāngzhōu area of Héběi province.